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The TennesseanSun, 16 Mar 2014 15:30:03 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6Blake Geoffrion releases a statementhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/11/22/blake-geoffrion-releases-a-statement/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/11/22/blake-geoffrion-releases-a-statement/#commentsThu, 22 Nov 2012 17:09:28 +0000JOSH COOPER, The Tennesseanhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/?p=9407Below is a statement by former Predators forward Blake Geoffrion, who suffered a depressed skull fracture playing for the Hamilton Bulldogs on Nov. 9. Geoffrion, who grew up in Brentwood, underwent emergency surgery in Montreal following the incident.

“I want to sincerely thank all fans, friends, family members and everyone from the hockey world for the incredible support I have received. I was cleared by the neurosurgeon and the Club’s medical staff to return home for a 3-week period of complete rest. I am very happy to be home for Thanksgiving. I would like to thank Dr. Mulder and the Club’s medical staff, as well as the entire medical personnel at the Montreal General Hospital for their extraordinary care. I am very grateful to Geoff Molson and Marc Bergevin for the unrelenting support they have shown myself and the members of my family. I also wish to thank all members of the media for respecting this healing period.”

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/11/22/blake-geoffrion-releases-a-statement/feed/0Geoffrion out of the hospitalhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/11/15/geoffrion-out-of-hospital/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/11/15/geoffrion-out-of-hospital/#commentsThu, 15 Nov 2012 19:52:56 +0000JOSH COOPER, The Tennesseanhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/?p=9373Last Friday, former Predators forward Blake Geoffrion was having emergency head surgery for a depressed skull fracture in Montreal. On Wednesday, he took a walk for about 30 minutes. Geoffrion was discharged from Montreal General Hospital that day. Though his recovery process is supposed to be long and arduous, he’s on the right track.

“He’s happy to be out of the hospital and into some nice, fresh air, and take a hot shower and put some fresh clothes on,” his father Danny Geoffrion said. “He’s just following the doctors instructions to take it easy, and that’s what he’s doing.”

Blake, who grew up in Brentwood and was playing for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL, flew up in the air after he was hit by Jean-Philippe Côté of the Syracuse Crunch. When he landed, the bone two inches above Blake’s left ear, hit Côté’s skate. This fractured Blake’s skull, which required the operation.

This makes the positive developments of the last few days even more remarkable to his family.

“Everything else is pretty much normal,” Danny said. “He gets little headaches here once in a while, but considering what he has been through, it’s almost a miracle he got out yesterday when they were inside his brain Friday.”

]]>http://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/11/15/geoffrion-out-of-hospital/feed/0Geoffrion re-signs with Montrealhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/07/16/geoffrion-re-signs-with-montreal/
http://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2012/07/16/geoffrion-re-signs-with-montreal/#commentsMon, 16 Jul 2012 15:59:46 +0000JOSH COOPER, The Tennesseanhttp://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/?p=8903Former Predators forward Blake Geoffrion has re-signed with the Montreal Canadiens. Geoffrion announced via his personal Twitter account, “Contract is done, now time to focus on the season. Happy to be back with the habs where it all started for my family.”

RDS reported that it’s a two-way deal that will pay him $803,250 at the NHL level.

The Predators drafted Geoffrion in 2006. He played 42 games with the Predators during parts of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Overall, Geoffrion had 11 points — 6 goals and 5 assists — during his time in Nashville. He was traded on Feb. 17 to the Montreal Canadiens as part of the deal that brought Hal Gill to the Predators. Geoffrion’s grandfather, Bernie ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion and great grandfather, Howie Morenz are both Hockey Hall of Famers and played in Montreal. Both their numbers have been retired by the Canadiens.